Page 3: Historical Events In September - 16
Sunday, 22 February 2026
1859 Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 

1861 Battle of Princeton WV 

1862 Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4000 federals at Munfordville, KY. 

1862 Battle of Antietam, bloodiest day in Civil War (Sharpsburg Md) 

1863 Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the inaugural American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist 

1864 Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid). 

1867 Ottawa Rough Riders and Senators play Canadian Football game. 

1872 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate) 

1873 German troops leave France 

1875 James Cash Penney, department store founder (J C Penney). 

1877 James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe). 

1878 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes) 

1880 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman). 

1882 Mart Saar, composer 

1885 Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup 

1885 Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst 

1887 Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor 

1888 Almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Okla Annie). 

1889 Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press). 

1890 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers. 

1890 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers 

1890 Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man) 

1891 Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer. 

1892 Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y". 

1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opened to white settlement homesteaders. 

1893 Cherokee Strip, Oklahoma opens white settlement homesteaders. 

1893 Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Hungary, biochemist (Vitamin C, Nobel 1937) 

1894 Clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops). 

1895 Charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals) 

1896 Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist 

1896 Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60. 

1899 Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50). 

1901 Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County. 

1901 Andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32) 

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